This is clearly a trap.

Qin Wei immediately realized this - and then understood that Qiao Yun was not afraid of him jumping down at all, she was clearly coquettish: the more you play, the more dangerous this game becomes, you can guess it casually, she will never say anything that investors love to hear on this show. Now that Bai Qian is gone, Fu Zhan and her interests are not consistent at all, Chen Indigo seems to support her, but in fact, she is swinging and riding the wall, and she may be bought at any time due to interests, she is isolated and helpless, and it is difficult to support herself, once she is obsessed with design, relaxes her control over the company, and is played with behind her back, what should she do?

Rational consideration, Qiao Yun has been in the fashion circle for so long, the investment has been taken, the big show has opened, and now it is not perverse in the company, you can do whatever you want, you want to sue the editor, you sue, you want to play art, you play the demon and say retire, you will retire, you will come back, as long as she wants to, it seems that she can play no matter what, Qin Wei, as a man who can be calculated and □□ by someone when she drinks a drink, is worried that she is like a deer worrying about the fire-breathing dragon on the top of the mountain is too soft- At least he knows that others think so, and now no one in the circle thinks that Qiao Yun is climbing the dragon and attaching the phoenix, but they all feel that he is eating soft rice, and he is planning his star journey by relying on his girlfriend's brain, so he said that the recently hyped "Coco Demon vs Qiao Yun", I don't know how many people in the industry are talking about it, this is a curve to save the country, find some exposure for him, and push him to make a comeback with the release of "Liuyang Flower".

- But for Qin Wei, worrying about Qiao Yun is always his instinct, others see that strong back, but he will always remember the collapse in the middle of the night, the haggard in the early morning smile. He knew that Qiao Yun knew this weakness, and he knew that she was taking advantage of it, but his heart was still sour, filled with indescribable sweet and sour emotions, and suddenly, home sounded no longer far away, and the image represented no longer the flashing lights like an endless tide, but a sweet smile, a surprise hug and a feeling of longing.

"Do you want me to come back?" he asked, deliberately calming his voice, "Then I'll come back tomorrow to help you manage the company, you go to the design, and I'll be your helper, okay?"

It's not that he didn't have tricks to her, but when he said this, Qiao Yun retreated: she was most afraid that he would lose his dream and give up trying. He finally chose an acting course, if she pulled him back, and went home halfway to help her take care of the company, then he really didn't plan to go back to the showbiz. - Qiao Yun doesn't care if he goes back to the domestic entertainment industry, but she hopes that he won't just give up acting. It's best to have the best of both worlds, return home to perform while being by her side.

It is also understandable that Qin Wei also hesitated a little when choosing courses: must be in Paris? In fact, it is not without classes when he returns to China, with the connections of the Qin family, which college in China can't invite an acting teacher to teach one-on-one? He and Qiao Yun haven't seen each other for almost a year, and even the contact is intermittent, sometimes he will occasionally think, if Qiao Yun is attracted to others, her love is cooled and scattered, what should he do?

Maybe it's because of this that he deliberately restrained himself from returning to China to see her, just like a bird, he always has to earn a profit before being caught in the net - moreover, the domestic performance theory is still Russian-style, he has been in contact with actors born in the classroom, and he also feels a little outdated after the exchange, France is the birthplace of Expressionism, and Fan Lifeng contacted the Florent Drama Academy for him, and he can directly enroll in short-term training courses- More importantly, France is a non-English-speaking country after all, and acting is not a popular major, and the entire academy is only two Chinese, and usually cannot meet at all. Here, he's just Qin from China, who speaks French intermittently and not fluently, takes English-taught acting classes and has some crew experience — that's all.

In China before, he also invited an acting teacher, but the itinerary did not allow him to take a whole period of time to go back to Beijing to study at the college, and to be honest, Qin Wei became famous too early after all, and he has seen too many professional graduates acting not as good as him, he once thought that talent in acting was the most important, and practice could be improved. But it was only in Florent that he realized his naivety - this is still an art that requires talent, but it is also a craft that can be improved through a large number of systematic exercises, and can also be guided by another theory, changing the paradigm of psychological preparation, and establishing firm convictions and active imagination more quickly.

The short-term training course is basically based on actual combat, this is also the first time Qin Wei really came into contact with the stage play, his main course content is to cooperate with the students of the directing department and the screenwriting department, they also have similar homework to complete, the screenwriter wants to turn his script into a work, and the director wants to find a good script to complete a stage play, the actors pick the script, look for their own roles, audition, rehearsal, stage, in addition to leaving a place for the teachers, the same external ticket sales. The whole industry chain is specific and small, of course, it would be nice to be able to join the TV production - however, there are not many bursaries in European schools, and the students are poor, and the stage play is a more practical choice in comparison, the venue is free, and the staff is small.

He received a lot of comments like this, and at first he didn't think so: he has cooperated with so many well-known directors, what kind of big scenes have not been filmed? If you can't even do a small theater, then it's better to just give up and become a lover in the future. But the more and more homework is rehearsed, Qin Wei's thoughts have also changed unconsciously: the preparation period is so short, many people still have to work, and the time for stage play rehearsals is really limited, which is a completely different experience from filming in the crew before.

The first feeling is that it is easy to use, before in "Liuyang Flower", the performance was really painful, every time I had to self-hypnosis, completely devoting myself to that kind of misty emotion, repeating again and again, I was physically and mentally exhausted after shouting the card, and I would have the feeling that I was not suitable for the industry, but now the expressionists require the actors to maintain absolute calm, and use carefully calculated limbs and expressions to project emotions to the audience, which is not to say that there is no difficulty, the same requires the actors to have a lot of life accumulation, and requires a lot of rehearsals, observations and self-correction- But for Qin Wei, this kind of hard work is nothing at all. Compared with "Six Central Flowers", it was nothing, he completed it easily and happily, and even felt that he could take on more roles at a time, and for the first time he had a feeling of ease.

The second feeling is...... It's fun, the stage play is formed at one time, there is no opportunity to shout cards, student works, limited budget, no gorgeous stage props, no one knows who he is, and no one will look at it and give applause. The communication between the actors and the audience is the most direct and naked, and the people who will come to see the students' works are also old theater fans, who are immune to appearance, and if they can't conquer them, they will only give polite applause. Qin Wei found that he really liked this pure feeling, there was no publicity, news, hype, no special effects decoration, and this work had no commercial purpose, the only purpose was just to use the story to arouse the audience's empathy and share their insights into life. The only thing that matters here is acting, and he finally finds out that he really likes acting, no income, no social influence, no one knows who he is, except that he is quite rich, he is no different from those extras who work to make ends meet and are ready to put themselves into auditions - and it is not the desire for fame and fortune that drives them, but the happy feedback that the performance itself brings. He has been acting for several years, but at the moment when his career is suspended and the future is uncertain, he confirms that he really likes to act, and he does have a talent for acting.

It's just a little miracle, from a different angle, and suddenly everything is as smooth as a hot knife sliding into butter, and the acting world reflects a completely different landscape, and the director, screenwriter, co-actors, and even acting teachers are complimenting, 'Your performance and aura', 'I can feel your talent, that kind of magic', and someone even wants to introduce him to work,' You have a good voice, there will be more opportunities to learn vocal music, it doesn't matter, our theater scene is more open than before, no one said Louis XIV had to be white, there is an interview next week, you can go if you are interested, there will be more opportunities to hone your skills'. - But Qin Wei doesn't necessarily need these compliments to affirm himself, he finally knows how obscured his previous doubts were: if you really like a line, really good at a line, you won't feel it, you yourself will have a clear self-confidence, you are very good at it, you are happy to do this, which direction should you continue to develop.

This is a very tempting invitation, not everyone can get such an opportunity, he has not heard of recruiting a new troupe next week (of course), but his classmates say that this is a very prestigious theater in France, 'this is an opportunity not to be missed', and Qin Wei also sees the future in this opportunity - he can go and fight for a position, starting from the dragon set, small roles, substitute actors, sing, The main character, there will always be a chance during this period, he may go to the West End, go to Broadway, it doesn't matter how much financial reward this prospect can reap, the important thing is that he can always perform, and get in touch with the top of the industry, learn more from it, which is enough for people who really love it.

But he also hesitated, his hesitation was the retreat on the other end of the phone: after flirting, she didn't dare to face the reality, she wanted him to come back, and she was afraid that he would give up the performance and run back, so she could only vent her emotions and express her grievances in this way. In the final analysis, it's not because of longing and love? Qiao Yun's performance is very artificial, but her love is not as secret as before, so honest, naked, naked, naked, and never stingy to express it.

They have all changed, but it should be a good change, although they are half a world apart, they are all doing what they want to do, Qin Wei feels happy most of the time, but there is still a small part, there are a few short hours, he is painful and hungry, after receiving Qiao Yun's call, he hurried past the Concorde Square at dusk, walked towards his apartment, and suddenly remembered for no reason in the sunset, ' I don't know what Qiao Yun is doing now', at that moment he clearly felt his needs, he missed Qiao Yun, acting was not all he had, it couldn't replace the need for Qiao Yun.

"I can come and see you. After being slapped once, she didn't dare to tease him anymore, and planned the itinerary on the other end of the phone, "Come here after the show, I can do design here, I'll stay in the apartment when you go to rehearsals, and I'll go back when the show starts." ”

It's a dream that will never come true, she always has so many things to deal with, and the jet lag can make a lot of things inconvenient, after all, she is not just a simple designer. This and that one, there will be constant unexpected situations that will hinder her steps, and she knows this, they still can't help but reverie the sweetness of the meeting, but they both know in their hearts: the difference has always existed, and it has not been resolved in the slightest, although their attitude towards it has been dramatically shaken - their careers run on different tracks, take different paths, and will take them further and further.

At first she was emphasizing this, he wanted to force it, and then he wanted to give up, but she wouldn't let go. No matter who you are, you are always not ruthless enough when you want to give up, and you are too positive when you force it, and now you have no strength to break up, as if you are in a helpless negativity - you can only let this separation consume each other's feelings, live in the torment of longing, so quietly wait for a certain opportunity to come, maybe one day you wake up, the feelings are gone, and after grinding, this thin and tenacious thread is broken. But even this separation was like a final struggle, she went to New York, came back, like she surrendered and stopped struggling, what about him? Will he settle down in Paris, the West End, on Broadway, completely into a new world, and never go back?

I don't really want to go back, it's like a kid who has just gotten a new toy, he hasn't played enough yet, and he doesn't want to go back to reality all of a sudden. Warwick's big movie, Li Zhusheng's tearful letter - these people are involved, but he is really not very interested in it, mainly because his family conditions are too good, he has earned a lot of money before, and there is no financial pressure, even if he acts in dramas for the rest of his life?

But...... Who is the wife?

If he really didn't go back to Paris, who would be standing next to him? If it wasn't Qiao Yun, who would it be one day in the future?

"No change, thank you. ”

Coming out of the bakery by the subway, he broke off a baguette and chewed it while walking: this is not good for a person abroad, there is no guarantee of eating, it is impossible to eat Michelin every day, and it is generally a small restaurant for light meals, and it is okay to eat a few meals, but it is really indescribable to eat too much. Finding a nanny is too extravagant, cooking is too troublesome, and people in a foreign country can't stand the desolation of going grocery shopping alone. "You're not sleeping yet?"

"You're going to eat? I'll finish it with you. Qiao Yun was already a little sleepy on the other end of the phone, and there was a slight abnormal sound in the earpiece, probably because she was rubbing her eyes. "What are you eating today, another baguette sandwich?

The sweet and soft voice is still hanging his appetite, but he doesn't mention what he plans to say on the show, maybe he knows that he shouldn't, and he still wants him to come back. Qin Wei laughed while chewing, laughing and laughing, and suddenly a strong longing sprung up, and suddenly, he also wanted to see Qiao Yun's face, this impulse was stronger than everything, making him begin to question his previous hesitation.

"Baguettes, no sandwiches. ”

"I don't even have stuffing, and I'm getting more and more depraved. ”

"Then you come and cook for me?—— do you know how to cook?"

"Look down on me? I'll tell you I'm - I'm really not very good at cooking......"

In the midst of a slight laugh, they exchanged a few words, strangely less connected now, but they knew more about each other's lives than before. I sent a few words of insight, and I was not afraid that the other party would not understand it, and then I could occasionally understand it in the conversation, I understood it, and I remembered it in my heart, and I never forgot it.

A baguette was not eaten, and as she spoke, Qiao Yun's voice became quieter, her breathing was slow and even, and she fell asleep. Qin Wei hung up the phone, quickened his pace and planned to get home before dark, passed by the entrance of the subway station, and was stopped and asked for directions.

"Uh, sorry, do you speak English?" Qin Wei nodded first, saw that she was an Asian face, and said, "Chinese?"

"Yes—no, but I can speak Chinese," the girl relaxed and smiled, her accent a bit of ABC's usual ambiguity, "My mom and dad used to be Chinese." ”

She is full of beauty, and now she is relaxed and her smile is sweeter and pleasing to the eye, Qin Wei also took a few more looks, and took the address slip in her hand to take a look: a high-end apartment, two or three house numbers away from his residence. "You have to come closer from the front, we happen to be on the same road, and I will go with you. Are you here to study in France?"

"No, come for a short-term internship. This is my relative's house, she is not in France, she just borrowed me to live. The girl was very grateful to Qin Wei for helping her get the box. "What about you, are you studying in France?"

She kept looking at him, as if she felt a little familiar, but she couldn't be sure. Qin Wei doesn't care now, it's okay to be recognized, the course will end in more than a month, even if the address is leaked, it will be ......

He was stunned for a moment: in fact, if he was willing to go to the Northern Theater for an interview, he could still continue to live in this apartment.

The two of them were on the same road, and they always had to chat politely, the girl introduced herself as Yining, and Qin Wei said her English name, which obviously gave her a great frustration, she observed him blatantly instead, and finally couldn't help but ask after a while, "Excuse me...... Is your surname Qin? a bit presumptuous -- but did your father go to Yale before?"

"Huh?" was recognized, but it was a completely different reason, and Qin Wei didn't expect it. "Excuse me, are you—"

"Ah, I didn't expect it to be true—— my mother is your father's younger sister, I don't know if your family has mentioned it, my surname is Nian, and my father is ......"

Qin Wei really remembered that Professor Nian and his wife were his father's classmates and friends in the United States, Professor Nian was a student, and his wife was a well-known barrister in Boston, and he did hear that a daughter was also admitted to Yale, but it was an undergraduate, and after he applied for Yale, his mother also planned to ask the Nian couple to contact several professors for him to be introduced first, and his internship investment bank at that time also relied on him to match. It's just that he didn't read it at all, and of course the matter was stopped.

Nian Yining also has an impression of him because of this, the two of them met a few times when they were children, and she saw his adult photos, so how do you look at it and how do you feel familiar, I didn't expect it to be so coincidental, I didn't have a classmate at Yale, and now France has become a neighbor again, and she asked him when she asked for directions. "My mom must have jumped in surprise!"

"My parents must have been surprised to hear about it. "It should be really surprising - not necessarily at Yale, Qin Wei can think of what hidden strategic thinking Ms. Lin had when she made such an arrangement, she didn't like Qiao Yun too much at that time, which is the same as now, every now and then, Q.Q sent him a photo of Qiao Yun, 'Go to the store today to try on, and have afternoon tea with Qiao Qiao by the way'." The implication is to help him take care of this daughter-in-law, so that he should come back and come back soon.

I don't know if such an arrangement, whether both parents will be willing, Nian Yining himself knows it. Qin Wei was a little curious, but of course he wouldn't ask more questions, this friendship made them more familiar, Nian Yining vaguely knew that he didn't go to Yale to act in China, I heard that he is now studying acting courses, and there are often student works staged, curiously even said that he wanted to see it, Qin Wei couldn't say no, they exchanged mobile phone numbers and mailboxes, and stopped at the door of the apartment, Qin Wei said, "After that, I will contact you if there is a work - I have time to have a meal together, and I will take you around Paris." ”

With the relationship between the Qin and Nian families, it would be rude for him not to say this, and it was reasonable to say so, not overly enthusiastic, Nian Yining smiled and nodded, "Do you want to bring your girlfriend with you - if she is free?"

Ah, it seems that she knows, Qin Wei immediately understood: this temptation is generous, and it is decent enough to express his interest, if he guessed correctly, Yining should be single now.

For a second, he was confused about how to answer - he and Qiao Yun hadn't really gone through the reunion link after all, and the meaning of saying 'it's a girlfriend' to a random stranger was definitely different from saying to Nian Yining. If Ms. Lin gets this news from the Nian family, I'm afraid she will start arranging for the Qiao family to propose marriage - whether she supports his career or not, his mother always wants to manipulate his life, which can't be changed. What's more, casually admitting it to a stranger, and reaffirming the relationship with someone in the circle of life, means something different to him. If you have a girlfriend, you have to include her in your life, and you have to plan the future of the two of you with her, and this is exactly what they are avoiding to face, their future differences.

But, if Qiao Yun is not his girlfriend, who is?

In the dim sky, Nian Yining's eyes were shining, like two brilliant gems, she looked at him curiously, and there was a little bit of hidden playfulness, her face was full of purity, despite the wind and dust, it was still beautiful and pure in the sunset, with the innocence of being treated gently by the world, the high latitudes of Europe, the high contrast of the dark blue night, like the background of an oil painting framed her inside. And in this moment when it was infinitely elongated, so that the air was thin, Qin Wei stood on the steps and looked down at her one step away, realizing that Nian Yining was everywhere the type he would like - she was knowledgeable, lively and interesting, gentle and a little temperamental, but proficient in social etiquette and always decent, she would definitely be able to satisfy Ms. Lin quite a bit, and she could also be a very good girlfriend. I don't have a strong sense of ambition, I can run with my husband and be with her, and I can imagine that many problems will no longer be problems. - It was also at this moment that he understood that he didn't want anyone else to be his girlfriend.

There is no reason, Qiao Yun is not very good, full of shortcomings, sharp and pretentious, loving, self-centered, her shortcomings He can talk about for three days and three nights, but she is the only solution, his model girlfriend wants everything. If there is any flaw in this standard, he should blame himself for his own aesthetic failure, and he likes this shortcoming that is not good for him. All the rest of the girls in this world may be fine, but they don't live in his body, and in his heart, they are not Qiao Yun, so they won't hurt his heart with every move.

Maybe he and Nian Yining will be happy together, maybe he will really be with her in a certain future - if he and Qiao Yun go to the United States, if he is not exposed to acting, he is still his former self (and Qin Wei is sometimes ashamed to recall his former self), if he still knows the world the way before, maybe after he and Qiao Yun break up, he will really choose to be with a girl like Nian Yining, find a job on Wall Street, buy a house on Long Island, and wait for the right time to return to China to start a business and expand his wealth. And they may have a happy married life, and there will be peace, stability and peace that he and Qiao Yun have never had. At this moment, he seems to be peeking into a certain future through Nian Yining, and in that future, he will also obtain some kind of plausible happiness, and maybe even be very self-satisfied-

But at this moment, Qin Wei realized clearly and calmly that this would never be his choice. Except for Qiao Yun, they are all the second best choices - and in this world, there is not really a second best choice, when you have come into contact with the best, everything else is meaningless, and there is no distance between the second best and the worst.

"My girlfriend isn't here, she's in the country. He smiled and said casually. "In a little more than a month, I will go back to meet her after class......" 166 Reading Network